William Golovlev

“What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide.
"That is because I know what life is," said Martin.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.”
― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

“Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.”
― Voltaire, Candide